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Occluded front Moderate

Occluded front has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

2

A front that occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front at the surface and a temperature contrast exists between the advancing and retreating cold air masses.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
front
Rhyming Words
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